Shloka 7
नारद-समङ्ग-संवादः — The Nārada–Samaṅga Dialogue on Fearlessness and Equanimity
यथैव श्ज् गो: काले वर्धमानस्य वर्धते । तथैव तृष्णा वित्तेन वर्धमानेन वर्धते
yathaiva śṛṅgaṃ goḥ kāle vardhamānasya vardhate | tathaiva tṛṣṇā vittena vardhamānena vardhate ||
قال بهيشما: كما ينمو قرنُ البقرة مع العجل كلما مضى الزمن واشتدّ عوده، كذلك تنمو التَّنْهَا (العطش والرغبة) مع ازدياد المال. فالعبرة أنّ التكديس لا يجلب القناعة بطبيعته؛ ومن دون كبحٍ للنفس تصبح النعمة وقودًا لرغبة تتسع بلا حدّ.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Desire is not satisfied by acquiring more; it tends to expand with increased wealth. Therefore, ethical life requires restraint (dama), contentment (santoṣa), and discernment, rather than trusting accumulation to end craving.
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and right conduct after the war. Here he uses a simple rural analogy—how a horn grows with the calf—to illustrate a moral psychology: wealth often makes craving grow, not shrink.